Breaking the Shell: Voyaging from Nuclear Refugees to People of the Sea in the Marshall Islands 9780824873417

On the atoll of Rongelap in the northern seas of the Marshall Islands, apprentice navigators once learned to find their

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Notes on Orthography and Names
Introduction: From Nuclear Exodus to Cultural Reawakening
Chapter 1. Born from the Sea, Coming across the Sea
Chapter 2. Sailing in the “Sunrise” and “Sunset” Islands
Chapter 3. Exodus from a Stronghold of Navigation
Chapter 4. Navigating the Cultural Revival of Voyaging
Chapter 5. Maps, Models, and Simulations
Chapter 6. “Breaking the Shell”
Chapter 7. Rise of the Apprentice
Epilogue: Return of the Canoe
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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